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Friday, August 28, 2015

This summer I was able to work with Craftsy to create a
free-motion machine quilting class, which is soon to be released!I thought you might be interested in seeing
some behind the scenes photos of what my experience was like.

When I arrived on Wednesday, I was shown to my dressing
room, and given a tour of where I would be filming.

Next I was off to meet with Danica, my
Make-up Artist.She has a great set of
brushes that I envied!I think she did a
great job making me camera ready!

Then it was on to the set!

It was fun to learn what is involved in creating an online
class, but I had a great team to guide me along.

It was super fun working with Chelsea, Jeff and Tony.

After taping, the evenings were mine to explore downtown
Denver, CO.I found some great places
that I want to go back and visit again.

A special thanks to, Erin, Becky and Greg, who worked with
me prior to filming to make the whole process go so smoothly.It was a great experience and I would do it
again!

In case you are not familiar with Craftsy, they are the
fastest growing crafty community on the web with over 5 million members in over
200 countries worldwide.With a Craftsy
online class you can take it as many times as you want, whenever you want and
access never expires.

Even though the class is not yet available online, I am able
to give one class away for free.So let’s
get you started… click the link below the photo to sign up for an opportunity to win my
Craftsy class!!

Unfortunately the drawing has ended, but click here to learn about my class!

Be sure to act quickly, your chance to enter will end at midnight,
Central Standard Time, September 3, 2015.The winner will be announced on my social media sites.

Friday, August 21, 2015

This year’s Machine Quilters
Showcase, sponsored by the International Machine Quilters Association was
located in Cedar Rapids, IA.It was a
week of fun, learning and adventure for my favorite traveling quilter, Sheri
and I.

We were scheduled to start
the week off with some classes, however, bad weather cancelled our first class
as the instructor was not able to make it in.But on Monday evening we were entertained and educated by Dusty Farrell,
a longarm quilter from Pennsylvania.

Dusty showing us how to create "Bread and Butter" Designs.

Then on Tuesday, I started
off with my Meandering Methods workshop.It was a fun class with great students.

Then in the afternoon, I
taught my Nature Inspired Quilting Motifs workshop.

Then it was on to more
classes, sessions, and some very important consumer research…..

Linda Taylor sharing Essential Technical Skills for Longarm Quilting.

We took a couple of classes from long arm
instructor, Linda V. Taylor.We also
took classes and networking sessions from Gina Perkes, Sally Terry, Fredrick Hill, and Deloa Jones.

This year I donated my "Anniversary Rose",
quilt for the Audacious Auction to support the grant program offered by the
International Machine Quilters, to encourage and assist machine quilters to
expand their knowledge and skills in machine quilting.As a group we raised over $9,000.00 for the
program.

And of course finding the fabric you spent
most of the week searching for---motivates me to get back to my studio to sew!

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About Me

I am a fiber artist and instructor with a passion to explore new avenues of creativity.
I author books, create patterns, and digitize machine embroidery designs through my business, Linda Bratten Creations.
In my spare time, I am a wife, mother of three, mother-in-law of three, and grandma of two!